Darrell Hudson

Darrell Hudson

CSD Faculty Director; University of Michigan
Race, Inequality and Social Mobility

Darrell Hudson is a CSD faculty director of the Collaboration on Race, Inequality, and Social Mobility in America (CRISMA), professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and chair of the school’s Department of Health Behavior and Health Education. His research focuses on the relationships among racial discrimination, social and economic mobility, and health. 

Faculty profile


CSD Projects

Costs of Upward Social Mobility

Costs of Upward Social Mobility

Racial Discrimination and Health

We examine racial and ethnic differences in depression, including the effects of socioeconomic position and discrimination.

Estimating Mental Health Needs

Estimating Mental Health Needs

Racial Discrimination and Health

Our work examines the prevalence of mental disorders in African Americans in primary care and community settings.

The High Cost of Mental Health

The High Cost of Mental Health

Racial Discrimination and Health

We test a theoretical model that examines poor health behaviors as coping mechanisms for the stress of social disadvantage.